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Letters Batcnt No. 104,665,dated June 21, 1870.

IMPROVED comrosrrxon BRONZE-PAINT.

To all whom it mayco' icern: 1 a a Be itknown that I, ARTHURTOWN of Auburn,

in, the county of Androscoggiu and in the State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improve.-

ments in Bronzing Preparation; anddo hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof. a 1 c a 1 l 'The nature of niyiinvention consists in a compound for bronzing and gilding, as will be hereinafter fully lseti forth. 1 a a I I l a i My compound consists of balsam fir and spirits turpentine, mixed together iu any desired proportions;

andto this mixture is added the bronzing or gilding v 1 powder, of anyidesire d tint or shade. Or the powder a may be mixed at the same time with the other ingre- This composition inayhemade in liquid form, so as to he applied witha brush at once; or it may be put up in the "shape of; a paste,and then, when it is to be a used, turpentine and balsam fir to be added, so as to i make a liquid of the paste.

Thearticle, when bronzed or gilded, may be covered by a coatof light varnish,

Witnesses: 0. L. Evnncr, A. N. Mann,

The Sch efiule referred to in these Letters Patent and'making part of thesame.

This composition, being in paste form, canbe more easily put up and shipped than when in liquid form. Liquid' glue-may be mixed in certain proportions with the other ingredients, if so desired, to make it more adhesive, and also to impart moreof a polish to the articles bronzed.

In somekcases, the liquid glue alone, with the bronzdesired.

ing or 'gihling-powder, might answer all the purposes Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and -desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent-,is-

As a new arti ing-compound, consisting of balsam fir, turpentine,

and any metallic bronzing or gilding-powder, whether i said compound is made in a liquid or paste state, sub, stantially as set forth.

unto set my hand this 21st day of May, 1870.

ARTHUR TOWN E.

ole of manufacture, a-brouze or gild-- In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have here 1 

